Category Archives: Ruminating

I ain’t nuthin’ but tired. Yeah, I’m just tired and bored with myself. Hey there baby I could use. just a little help

Wait, I just lapsed into a Bruce Springsteen song.

Meanwhile, I dreamed I had to maneuver through lot of obstacles to get somewhere — rocky stuff and hills that a person could easily fall off of and I seem to have made it through; but what was the point? I do not know.

Maybe it was that you can make it through the things you see as trouble.

You are strong. It’s not that the obstacles won’t be there. It’s that you will handle it.

Maybe it was a psychic thing — a few months after that dream, I broke my wrist on Mount Vesuvius! And I handled it! Coincidence? Non lo so.

I wonder if retiring in the winter was such a good idea as a little cabin fever is creeping in. Maybe it’s okay, though. It is definitely a time to lay low and relax a bit….and a time to recuperate from a cold. And maybe more importantly, a time to recuperate from the somewhat unnecessary scramble to wrap things up at work while preparing things for the transition from me to my replacement; all of which was actually stressful and difficult. I allowed other people’s poor planning to become my problem. I won’t miss facing that particular situation.

I wonder if I learned anything from that experience. I feel a certain disappointment that my recommendations went unheeded…would have been a smoother transition, I do believe. Ah, well…..it is what it is and they are what they are and I am what I am.

I wonder if I will pursue a part-time job in this retirement phase. Ah, honey, I do not know.

I wonder if I will get started now with more “arty” pursuits. I received a gift certificate for the Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts …. so I can take a class sooner or later. Meanwhile, time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future….which means spring is on the way and that is a good thing to anticipate.